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FROM: Donna Gerber }j _ Costa
DATE: 5 February 2002
County
SUBJECT: ' Support of State Legislation on Highway 4 Suety Measures
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENGATiON(s)&BA KGROUNDAND'JUSTIFICATIO
REf4OMME [?ATPON:
Support state legislation sponsored by Senator Tom Torlakson to include Route 4, between
the city limit of Brentwood and the Contra Costa-San Joaquin county line as a pilot project in
the"SafetyEnhancement-Double Fine Zones" program.
BACKGROUND;
The Stretch of highway between Discovery Say and Brentwood had 63 accidents from January
1 to December 19, 2001. Senator Torlakson and Supervisor Gerber hosted a community
meeting in late December to address tate issues associated with this section of Highway 4.
One of the actions considered was to make the road a double fine zone. State legislation is to
be introduced at the end of February which will designate highways or portions of highways
throughout the state that will be part of a pilot project to determine if raising fines will decrease
speeding and improve safety. The road section wilt be identified with signs stating: "Special
Safety.Zone Begins Here" and Special Safety Zone Ends Here". A report will be made to the
Legislature on January 1, 2003 on the results of these pilot projects, Including a determination
of whether the projects were successful.'
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT. —YES SIGNATURE >�
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOAR 'C MMITTEE..
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON FebrU rte„5 e'Z aQ2 APPROVE AS RECOMMENDER X OTHER X
On this date,the Board of Supervisors APPROVED the above recommendations as amended to include
Oakley as part of the pilot project in the"Safety Enhancement-Double Fine Zones"program.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
X UNANIMOUS(ASSENT None } AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE
AYES; NOES: SOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
ATTESTED Fpbruary 52QQ2
JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK DF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
CG:Supw.Gerber
Senator':TorhOwn
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